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	1/20/2012	GFMA Posts Provisional Legal Entity Identifiers GFMA announced that it has posted a TEST file, created by DTCC and SWIFT, of provisional legal entity identifiers, as well as a brief summary describing the provisional legal entity identifier attributes. Read More
	12/27/2011	Call for Participation: ISDA is launching the FpML Standard Credit Support Annex Working Group. Sign Up For Participation \| View the Charter
	12/20/2011	ISDA Publishes Draft OTC Taxonomies for a 30-Day Comment Period.
	12/14/2011	ISDA publishes paper on the use of FpML for risk evaluation. Read More
	12/01/2011	ISDA publishes the Recommendation for FpML version 5.2 Read More
	11/14/2011	FpML Version 5.3 Second Working Draft View Announcement \| View Specification
	08/01/2011	Implementation Plan for Unique Product Identifiers Industry implementation plan for UPI and product taxonomies for the OTC derivative asset classes.
	04/14/2011	ISDA Releases White Paper on Product Representation for Standardized Derivatives News Release \| White Paper
	02/17/2011	ISDA Releases FpML Version 4.9 Recommendation View Announcement \| View Specification
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FpML® (Financial products Markup Language) is the industry-standard protocol for complex financial products. It is based on XML (eXtensible Markup Language), the standard meta-language for describing data shared between applications.

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The main products that are covered for each asset class are listed below, each product can have several variants. Detailed product descriptions can be found in the specifications.

IRD:	Interest Swaps, Swaptions, FRA’s, Caps and Floors, Inflation Swaps, and Bullet Payments.
FX:	Foreign Exchange Swaps, Spots, Forwards, FX Options and Term Deposits
Credit:	Single-name Credit Default Swaps, Loan Credit Default Swap, CDS on Mortgages, Credit Default Swap Indices, Options, and Baskets.
Equity:	Equity Swaps, Equity Options, Variance Swaps, Correlation Swaps, Dividend Swaps, and Total Return Swaps.
Bond Options:	Bond and Convertible Bond Options.
Commodity:	Commodity underlyer, Commodity Swaps, Commodity Options, Physically-settled trades.
Loans:	Syndicated Loan Notifications between Agent Bank and Lenders

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ISDA is re-launching the FpML Commodities Working Group to further extend the existing FpML commodity coverage in order to support upcoming reporting and clearing requirements.

The working group will hold a kick-off meeting on Wednesday November 18, 2011 at 10am New York / 3pm London.

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ISDA is launching the FpML Commodity Reporting Working Group which will extend the current FpML standard to define reports covering the CFTC's 17 CFR Part 20 regulations, which require reporting of positions in a number of covered commodities resulting from OTC swaps and options trading activity.

The working group will hold a kick-off meeting on Wednesday September 28, 2011 at 12pm New York / 5pm London.

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The Latest FpML Specifications as well as all Archived FpML Versions are available for registered users to view and download. Also check the FpML Roadmap for updates.

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	10/05/2011	Fine Print As Yet Unwritten, But the Gist is Clear for OTC Derivatives AllAboutAlpha.com This (in particular the transmission to the CCP) may occur using any of a number of protocols: the CCP's own API, or XML, FIX, or FpML. ...
	12/07/2010	Headstrong Launches iceFish – a Centralized Derivatives Clearing Gateway for Listed and OTC Derivatives
	12/01/2010	riskart introduces Riskart Integration Framework module
	11/30/2010	SWIFTReady Financial EAI drives financial integration systems
	10/13/2010	Markit Acquires Loan Messaging System From DTCC
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